IIIE 20352
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERIA ELECTRICA "ALFREDO DESAGES"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF PRESSURE MONITORING
Autor/es:
CIPOLLETTI, M.; MARTIN-PIRCHIO, F.; SAÑUDO, S.; JULIAN, P.; VILLALBA, W.; MASSON, F. R.; MANDOLESI, P.
Revista:
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH
Editorial:
PLAPIQUI(UNS-CONICET)
Referencias:
Lugar: Bahía Blanca, Argentina ; Año: 2009 vol. 39 p. 27 - 32
ISSN:
0327-0793
Resumen:
Endotracheal tubes (ETT) are kept in position using inflatable cuffs. The pressure of the cuff needs to be higher than a minimum value to hold the ETT in place. However, pressures exceeding 20mmHg produce damage of different degrees on the trachea. This paper shows an experimental net-work of wireless and low power nodes for monitor-ing the pressure of ETT cuffs (ETTC). All nodes communicate wirelessly through an RF link with a central station that displays values on a PC and gen-erates alarms if values are beyond the limits pre-scribed by the physician. The system was tested to monitor the condition of several patient ETTC in a coronary intensive care unit of the Hospital Privado del Sur, in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
